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Ngaphambili iGeorgetown yahlulwa kumbindi weWashington kwaye kangangeminyaka emininzi yayihlala oonozakuzaku nabantu ababesebenza kurhulumente kodwa, ngenxa yokusondela kwikomkhulu kunye nokwanda kwenani labantu, yaphela iyeyona ibalulekileyo abamelwane kwikomkhulu.
Ime kwimpuma yesixeko ecaleni kweGlover Park, kufutshane kakhulu neDupont Circle kunye neFoggy Bottom yindawo yaseGeorgetown. Ibonakaliswe ngezitrato zayo ezenziwe ngamatye, uyilo lwayo ukusuka ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX neye-XNUMX kunye nolo dibaniso lubalaseleyo lwakudala nolutsha. Izitrato zizele bubomi kwaye nomoya uhambelana kakhulu.
Eyasungulwa kwiibhanki zoMlambo wasePotomac ngo-1751, isixeko saseGeorgetown saphambi kokusekwa kweWashington, ibe yinye yezona zixeko ezinkulu eMaldin de yafakwa kwiSithili sase-Columbia. Ke ngoko, lo mmelwane unembali enomdla kakhulu onokuyifunda ngohambo lokuhambahamba ngezitrato zawo, ucinga ngezindlu ezintle zamatye zaseGeorgia kunye nezindlu ezenziwe ngezitena.
Ekuhambeni kwakho ujikeleze ubumelwane, ungaya kwiziko labakhenkethi laseGeorgetown eThomas Jefferson Street ukuze ubambe imephu kwaye uphonononge ekuphumleni kwakho, okanye uthathe ukhenketho olukhokelwa simahla emini ngexesha lasehlotyeni. Ngale ndlela uya kwazi esona sakhiwo sidala eWashington, i-Old Stone Houde, ebuyela kwi-1765 kwaye inkangeleko yayo ihleli ingatshintshanga. Namhlanje yimyuziyam yoluntu enamagumbi ahonjiswe ngohlobo lobukoloniyali abakumgangatho ophakathi.
Olunye utyelelo olufanelekileyo yiCity Tavern Club, indawo apho ooyise baseMelika babedla ngokutya khona.: UGeorge Washington, uThomas Jefferson noJohn Adams.
Kwakhona iTudor Place House kunye negadi, indawo eyayiphethwe sisihlobo sikaGeorge Washington apho unokubona ngaphezulu kweengoma ezingama-8.000 zobugcisa nefenitshala ukusukela kwinkulungwane ye-XNUMX kwaye emva koko uhambe kwiihektare ezimbini zegadi ezintle.
Enye indawo enomdla ukuyindwendwela eGeorgetown yiCustom House kunye nePosi, esinye sezakhiwo zeposi zokuqala ezakhiwa eUnited States.
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Kwaye hayi kude neziko leendwendwe ikwayiChesapeake neOhio Canal (C&O) yoMlambo iPotomac, eyayidibanisa izixeko zaseWashington DC naseCumberland (eMaryland) phakathi kowe-1831 nowe-1924. Yayakhelwe ukuhambisa amalahle, iinkuni nezinye iimveliso. njengenye indlela eya ePotomac, ehambelana nomjelo. Indlela entle yokwazi umjelo kukuhamba ngebhayisekile ukonwabela imijelo yayo yembali, izindlu ezitshixwayo kunye neendawo zokugaya.
Kwelinye icala, malunga neekhilomitha ezintathu ukusuka kumbindi weWashington yiYunivesithi yaseGeorgetown, elona ziko lidala lemfundo yamaKatolika eMelika elasekwa ngo-1789.
Ukongeza kwiindawo ezininzi zembali ezinomdla, iGeorgetown yindawo entle yokuthenga kunye nokonwabela ukutya okumnandi kwiivenkile ezikhethekileyo kunye neeresityu, ngakumbi kwizitrato iWisconsin kunye neM. Akuqhelekanga ukuba uhlangane neemvumi zesitalato kunye nemidlalo yangaphandle.
Ngenye indlela, ungandwendwela ipaki eseGeorgetown engasemlanjeni ngesidlo esiphumayo ngelixa ujonga uMlambo iPotomac.
Ukutya isidlo sothando kwindawo ekhethekileyo, zama indawo yokutyela ye-1789, indawo yokutyela enembali kwisitalato esithuleyo saseGeorgetown, okanye zama abaFama, abalobi, abaBhaki, indawo yokutyela engaphambi kwamanzi egxile kugcinano. Ngexesha lokushushubeza konyaka, iivenkile zokutyela eGeorgetown Waterfront yonke ingqumbo, inikezela ngezihlalo zangaphandle ngeembono ezintle zoMlambo iPotomac.